05-02-2020, 06:58 PM
In the Pine64 Wiki several devices like the ROCK64 and Pinebook have an entry called Software Images. This contains pre-built downloadable software and operating systems for the hardware. PineTime in the Wiki does not have anything like this.
There are several software systems available for the PineTime, like Rust, wasp-os, RIOT, FREERTOS and more. But there don't seem to be any pre-built flashable images available. If someone wants to install the Rust system, for example, they have to download software from GitHub, SDKs etc. and build the flashable images themselves. If someone wants to check out the state of the various available systems for the PineTime they will have to download multiple groups of software and build multiple images.
If there was a Software Images section in the Wiki with the latest flashable images (or links to them) for each different software system for the PineTime, users could easily evaluate each system. The images would also require documentation on how to flash or load and use the software.
This will require the co-operation of the software developers of course. It will require extra work from them. Ideally as each package gets more features added the latest image will be made available.
This might speed up the testing of the PineTime and its software.
There are several software systems available for the PineTime, like Rust, wasp-os, RIOT, FREERTOS and more. But there don't seem to be any pre-built flashable images available. If someone wants to install the Rust system, for example, they have to download software from GitHub, SDKs etc. and build the flashable images themselves. If someone wants to check out the state of the various available systems for the PineTime they will have to download multiple groups of software and build multiple images.
If there was a Software Images section in the Wiki with the latest flashable images (or links to them) for each different software system for the PineTime, users could easily evaluate each system. The images would also require documentation on how to flash or load and use the software.
This will require the co-operation of the software developers of course. It will require extra work from them. Ideally as each package gets more features added the latest image will be made available.
This might speed up the testing of the PineTime and its software.